George Stradling
George Stradling (1620 or 1621 – 19 April 1688) was
Dean of Chichester Cathedral
from 1672 until his death.
Life
Stradling was born at
cornet of horse in his brother's regiment. He returned to Oxford when the fighting was over, and survived the threat of ejection by the Parliamentary Visitors in control of the university with the help of Edmund Ludlow, a prominent Parliamentarian and his nephew by marriage.[1]
He was ordained deacon and priest by the
dean in 1672, again holding both posts until his death. Despite being a pluralist, Stradling presided at meetings of the cathedral chapter at least once in every year and also helped to repair and improve the cathedral after the effects of the Civil War. However, he clashed with the Bishop of Chichester, Guy Carleton, who regarded Stradling as lukewarm and indifferent. Stradling died on 19 April 1688 and was buried at Westminster Abbey. He published one sermon during his lifetime, with others being published after his death.[1]
References
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
- Hardy, Ernest George (1899). "Appendix III – List of Fellows". Jesus College. London: F. E. Robinson & Co.
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